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The conclave of judges for the Internet Retailing Awards – sponsored by Venda – has gathered and are considering the entries to the ten categories in this year’s awards and we expect to see …
Camden council will take a major step forward in enhancing digital services for local businesses, traders, retailers and residents through a new deal with Arqiva to deliver public wifi to streets and open spaces across …
As thoughts turn to summer holidays, TUI Travel, owner of Thomson, is going mobile, offering an app to its customers that can take them through from choosing a holiday, to getting to the airport and …
William Hill, the UK’s largest bookmaker, has placed all its 2390 high street retail location on the NearMe location based mobile application, confirming William Hill’s continued adoption of mobile technology to support the increasing demand …
Despite wanting to shop in bricks and mortar stores – especially boutique and independent shops – consumers are being put off because they simply can’t find them as they have no mobile or online presence, …
Local aavigation app M8 (your local ‘mate’ – geddit?) has added leading online restaurant review and booking service, Bookatable to its lineup of freely available features to allow M8 users to read reviews, book tables …
Almost two-thirds of smartphone and tablet users access websites on a daily basis and more than a half shop via their mobile device at least once a week, according to new research from e-commerce and …
Just over one third (34%) of smartphone owners will be ‘very likely’ or ‘likely’ to purchase more items from their mobile device thanks to 4G technology and faster internet connections, according to the latest eCustomerServiceIndex …
BT has signed an agreement with Fenwick Ltd giving shoppers free, unlimited wifi at its 11 UK premier department stores – visited by some 64 million shoppers annual, all of whom can now browse for …
High street retailers who offer free wifi look set to reap the benefits with one in seven people (14%) insisting wifi access is crucial for them to consider entering a coffee shop while one in …
Prostate Cancer UK has chosen SDL – the now parent company of bemoko – to help connect with supports and donors when they are on the move. The Sledgehammer initiative is a hard hitting …
The annual – and much coveted – Internet Retailing Awards, this year sponsored by Venda , are looking for nominations for this year’s gala dinner to rival the Oscars on 26 June. This year, the …
76% of major UK retailers do not offer free in-store wi-fi, according to new research from mobile marketing agency Sponge, and so are losing out on collecting rich data about their consumers that they can …
In June 2011 at the annual WWDC in California a chance meeting between Danish app developers ignited a passionate app project that aimed to put the joy of cocktails into the pockets of cocktail fans. …
Less than six months after it launched the UK’s first 4G mobile service, EE announced today that it intends to double the speed and capacity of its 4G network from this summer. At present, …
The arrival of universal 4G in Britain could boost the retail economy by around £1.8 billion over a year, according to new research revealed today by eBay. The boost represents a 113% year on year …
Arcadia Group, the UK’s largest privately-owned retailer, is to launch five new iPad apps for its main high street brands – Topman, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Wallis – as sales through mobile have grown by …
Technology company Compuware has launched a free Mobile Application Monitoring Service, designed to let commercial app owners understand who is using them and how they are performing. The tool is designed to help refine user …
Drivers in North America and Western Europe will be the next lucrative consumer market for m-commerce, apps and social media, with Juniper Research’s recent report predicting that a massive 20% of all cars will be …
With Internet Retailing Expo 2013 continuing as you read this, we take a look at some of the key take aways from the SoLoMo (Social-Mobile-Local) session on day one. Look out in the coming weeks …
